Thoughts

I'm still wondering what to write. Usually, I do have decent topics to write about. But today might be just one of those days maybe. I'm going to think and come back. Maybe I need a break from social media completely. Maybe I need to think about what can be written. But I am working on something to create an API and sometimes the lesser we write the better. I have learnt that especially with documentation, we should just write as much as needed. Not more, not less. But just the right amount, quite like salt in a recipe. Haha. Anyways, so what do I need to talk about today? There are so many topics ranging from hardwork, trust, leisure, everything that's covered. The things that are enjoyable these days are character blogs. I have not written character blogs from a lot of Russian writers. I have a friend who is Dostoyevsky fan, so I will go ahead and write a blog on Dostoyevsky. Let's see where this goes.  The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, bu...

 I want to go with a character blog again as it connects more dots. I have taken Napoleon last time around, let's think of a character this time that can be written about. Maybe let's go with Michael Phelps. Okay, so here we go. I really like some of his quotes and let's start with this one.  You can't put a limit to anything. The more you dream, the farther you get. I really like this quote. What essentially, he is talking about is that you can't really put a limit on your dreams. For example, if you are an actor and if you say you want to go and have a movie with a 1000 Cr box office collection, you are putting a limit to it. When you put a number, you are putting a limit to it. So, the more you dream, the farther you get. For example, I'm sure Michael Phelps might have a certain number associated to him right. That this is the number of seconds that he wants to finish his lap. Now, when he puts that limit, he will never be able to know what's the end of t...

 I need another character blog today. I haven't done someone from politics or history actually. So let's go with some historical character. Let's go with Napoleon Bonaparte.  So let's go. I have researched a few of his quotes and damn, he was a brilliant man for sure.  Here we go, here's Bonaparte talking about impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools. What he really means is that nothing in the world is impossible. If I think about this, impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools. Whenever you have a task at work or you have anything else that's really difficult, we all at times think that this is impossible. However, Bonaparte believed that nothing in the world is impossible and impossible is a word only in the dictionary of fools. In fact, I myself don't use that word. So the point here is to say that whenever you find something that's a huge task, you've got to tell yourself that impossible is a word ...

Let's do a character blog today. We are done with Kohli, but let's do another sports guy. I love Rahul Dravid actually. So let's go with his blog. Let's do this.  Wow. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. Like I said in the trying and trying till you succeed, Rahul Dravid over here talks about the fact that he's never stopped trying. He's always been that guy. There have been times where he has gone back to the pavilion with a score of 0. There have been times he has dropped catches. There has been times where he was relied on and he dropped the match. Oh well, but the point is that he's never stopped trying. He's always looked to give his best to the team and that's what makes him so valuable. I love that about Dravid. He's patient about most of the things in life and given his best to the team all the time. So Dravid also captained India and failed there. He captained Rajasthan Royals, failed there. But what's makes him ...

Intro Try and try till you succeed, is a very old saying. But works even today. In hindi we say, "Koshish karne waalon ki kabhi haar nahi hoti." Oh well, that's a beautiful line. We all know Thomas Edison's saying, "I have not found 1 way to create the light bulb, but 9999 ways of how not to create the light bulb." In innovation, there's going to be trial and error. In fact, it's not an error if you learn from it and make things better. I love the idea of trying and trying and trying till we succeed. There's a book called Grit which talks about the fact that it is the effort that counts. The hardwork, the deliberate practice that counts. I love that idea as well. So today, I am going to talk about why is it important to keep on trying and trying until you succeed. Second I am going to talk about some practical ways of trying and trying till we succeed.  Why is try and try till you succeed important Before we go on to something very theoretical. L...

At 29, I learned a little about love. Maybe something I should have learned a lot earlier. But as we say in Gujarati, "Jagya tyaar thi sawar." “The morning begins from the moment you wake up.” It doesn’t matter when the realization comes, as long as it does. For the longest time, I believed love was just about emotions, that warm, fuzzy feeling you get when someone makes your heart skip a beat. For me, love was making someone laugh. It was sending a sweet text after a fight. It was always being the first to say sorry, because their presence mattered more than my ego. I thought that was love. And maybe, it was, but it wasn’t all of it. It was the easy part. The feel-good version we all romanticize. But love, real love, that’s where the hard part begins. It’s not just about the sunny days and the butterflies. It’s about being there during the storms. It’s about choosing to stay when the other person is sad, distant, angry, or completely lost in their own darkness...

Living on the edge. I think all of us men should live on their edge and give their gifts to the world and the moment we are not doing that we will need to know and still live on the edge. Now what does live on the edge really mean? It means that we are taking action every single day to the things we want to do in our lives. It's not just about the action at work; it's also about the action that you put outside of work. I don't know where to start with for this blog, so let's just take in a few blogs and go from there.  Being on the edge isn't as safe but the view is better. Wow, so beautiful. I really like this. If you think about a mountain, when you go to the edge, you will find a very beautiful view. Similarly, in life when you risk something, the view will be beautiful. And what does it mean to risk something? Risk is anything that you do without fear. For example, you might have to go to your manager and talk about the promotion. You are risking it. But you got...

Let me think about this. I'm wondering about a situation in my life. Na hi idar na he udhar ka. But I have been wondering something about decision making. How important it is to make the right decision at the right time in life.  You cannot make progress without making decisions. I like this idea. Think about anything that we've done. We've all made decisions in life. I mean it's such an important part of our lives. We cannot make progress without making decisions. So, it's obvious that we cannot make progress when without making a decision. Any decision in our lives, requires a lot of thorough thinking however once we make a decision only then we can progress in life. Take any progress in life, whether it's about getting married, or it's about switching a job, or it's about buying a new home, any decision in our life requires thorough investigation and then an action. But you only move forward when you make a decision. That's the thing that I want t...

I have been thinking about gym recently and who better to ask for advice than Arnold himself. So here we go with some Arnold quotes.  What we face may look insurmountable, but what I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.  Interesting. The way Arnold Schwarzenegger talks about this is that, sometimes we face situations in life that are insurmountable. Which means that problems that are really difficult to overcome but what I learned is that we are always stronger than we know. That is when we have difficult moments, we will come out of it stronger than we think. For example, a breakup might help you motivate go to the gym. A lose of job will motivate you to improve your skills. Any difficult situation in life will help you grow to be the person you are always meant to be. You will improve in all aspects of life during the time not just one. So go ahead and learn that in your head. You want to go into difficult situations because that improves life more than anyth...

I was thinking of writing a character blog on Virat Kohli. And here we go. Let's take in some quotes from Kohli and see where we take it.  Whatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hardship towards it. Don't look anywhere else. I really like this quote. I have seen Virat fall through and rise in his life. I have seen him work hard everyday for years. I have seen Kohli being passionate about the sport and celebrating a wicket like crazy. I have seen him really passionate towards the game and that's what I love about him. Now, when you don't look anywhere else, thats' what makes you, you. Let's consider an example, you want to improve your body. Now be passionate about going to the gym. Play that music. You will go far in life when you do something with full passion. Whether that's coding, whether that's studying, whether that's doing anything in life. Do it with full passion. Now, when Kohli says, don't look anywhere else. It m...